Scarf muff



March 24, 1931. F. CHUMBLEY SCARF MUFF Filed Sept. 25, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FREDRICK CHUMBLEY, OF FRANKLIN, MISSOURI SCARF MUFF Application filed September 23, 1929. Serial'No. 394,418.

This invention relates to improvements in Wearing appareh The main object of the invention is to provide a means whereby the free ends of a scarf or elongated coat collar may be detachably fastened together alon their adjacent margins and the ends then rought back or under and detachably fastened to the body of the scarf or collar to form a loop which will serve as a temporary muff, when desired,

Another object is to provide a construction of the character set forth which will be relatively simple and cheap in construction and which will not interfere in any way with the usual use of the scarf or collar.

The foregoing and other objects together with means whereby the same may be carried into effect will best be understood from the following description of several possible embodiments of the invention taken in connection with the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the ends of a scarf embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a scarf made in accordance with my invention showing the loop formed at the ends to serve as a mufl. Figure 3 is a perspective view of a coat having its collar made in accordance with my invention showing the ends of the collar turned under to form a muff.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, the reference numbers 1 and 2 designate the end portions of a scarf 3, which may be made of any suitable material. In accordance with the embodiment of the in vention here shown, a plurality of snap fasteners 4 are provided and mounted in spaced relation along the adjacent longitudinal margins of the ends 1 and 2 of the scarf as looped for positioning around the neck, the female members 5 of these fasteners being mounted upon the outer face of the scarf end, as for instance upon the end 1, and the complementary male members Gbeing mounted in registering relation upon the inner face of the other scarf end, as for instance uponthe end 2, as clearly shown in Figure 1 of the drawing. A plurality of hooks 7 are mounted in spaced relationship laterally across the extremities of the scarf upon the inner or reverse side or back thereof and a plurality of complementary eyes 8 are provided to receive these hooks, the said eyes 8 being mounted upon the same side of the scarf ends and extended laterally across the same in spaced relationship at some distance from the hooks 7 as shown.

In use it will be readily understood that the scarf 3 may be placed around the neck in the usual manner with the end portions 1 and 2 simply hanging loosely or arranged in any desired manner. When it is desired to form a muff for the hands at the end of the scarf, the edges or margins bearing the snap fasteners 4 are brought into overlapping engagement as denoted by the numeral 9 in Figure 2 and these edges are secured together by these snap fasteners 4. The end portions 1 and 2 of the scarf are then brought up under the scarf and the hooks 7 are hooked in the eyes 8, thus forming a loop or bi ht 10 of both these ends, into which the han s ma be inserted after the manner of a muff. 0 viously hooks and eyes similar to those shown at 7 and 8, may

be secured to the edges of the scarf in lieu of the snap fasteners 4, so that the edges of the scarf may be secured to ether in an evenly abutting relation, instea of overlapping re lation as here shown, if so desired. T

Figure? illustrates a coat designated gen-- erally at 11 the collar 12 of which has elongated and free end portions 13 similar to the end portions 1 and 2 of the scarf 3 which end portions 13 may be provided with snap fasteners and hooks and eyes (not shown in this view) similar to and arranged in the same manner as the fasteners 4 and hooks and eyes 7 and 8 hereinbefore described. By this means a loop 14 may be formed by the ends of the collar as shown. The coat may be provided with a special long collar if the collar be too short for use as a mufl", or separate end portions carrying the various fastening members may be removably connected to the collar on the coat.

While I have herein set forth certain preferred embodiments of my invention, it is understood that I may vary from the same in I ing a muff, said separable means being arminor details so as best to construct a practical device for the pu oses intended, not departing from the spirlt of the invention and within the scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

In an article of wearing apparel, a strip of material of substantially uniform width looped at the center to conform to the configuration of the neck of the wearer and adapted to serve either as a scarf or be permanently attached in a coatas a art thereof to form the collar portion of t e coat, the side portions of the said strip being extended downwardly from the central loop and arranged side by side at the front of the wearer, means for releasably securing together the adjacent margins of the side portions of the strip, and separable means for releasably securing the end portions of the said strip looped up at the underside of the said side portions to form aligned loops for providranged on the under side of the strip.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. FREDRICK CHUMBLEY. 

